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NITED STATES HENRY M. HOPKINS, OF PUTNAM, CONNECTICUT.

DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,753, dated October21, 1884.

Application filed March 8, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY M. HOPKINS, of Putnam, in the county of Vindhamand State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement inDoors; and I do hereby declare the following specification, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same,to be a description thereof.

This invention consists in a strip or strips of wood, metal, or othermaterial, pivoted or hinged to a door at its bottom, so as to be capableof being turned from a substantially horizontal position to asubstantially vertical position, a lever connected to said strip orstrips, and arranged so that when the door is closed one end of saidlever will engage the door-jamb and swing or move the said strip orstrips into a substantially vertical position, and thereby close theopening between the bottom of the door and the floor, carpet,orthreshold, and a spring for returning the said strip or strips into asubstantially horizontal position as the door is opened, as willhereinafter appear.

The improvement is particularly designed to be applied to inside doors,or to doors between rooms where it is desired that the carpet shall runfrom one room to the other, although it is equally applicable to outsidedoors, and may be used where a threshold is employed.

Figure 1 of the drawings shows a front view of the lower portion of adoor provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 represents an edge view ofthedoor when it is swung open. Fig. shows a view of the hinged edge of thedoor. Fig. i represents a view of the bottom of the door when closed.Fig. 5 shows the door in partial section. Fig. 6 shows one end of'thelever provided with an adjusting-screw to gov ern the throw of thelever.

A is the door.

B B are the strips of wood or other material,which are pivoted at theirends in socketpieces I) 1/. These socketpieces may be secured directlyto the door, if desired, but are preferably attached to moldings C C,which serve to produce a more ornamental and finished appearance, andalso serve to allow the strips to be attached to the door without thenecessity of fitting the edges of: the strips to the bottom edge of thedoor, should the latter secured to said strips, respectively, and at theother end loosely surround said lever, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5. Asshown in Fig. 5, the outer end, (1, of the lever D projects beyond theedge of the door when thesame is open, the said end of thelever beingforced into such position by a spring, F. lVhen the door is closed, theend (1 of the lever D comes in contact with the door-jamb A, Fig. 1, andmoves the strips B B from the position shown in Fig. 2 to that shown inFigs. 1 and 3, thereby closing the opening between the bottom of thedoor and the floor, carpet, or threshold, and substantially preventingany draft of air from passing under the door. XVhen the door is opened,the spring F operates upon the lever D and causes the strips 13 B toassume the positions shown in Fig. 2, so that the door can be easilyswung.

As shown in Fig. 1, the door-jamb A is furnished with a screw, G,against which the end d of the lever D comes in contact when the door is.closed. By adjusting this screw the amount of movement of the strips BB can be regulated so that they will assume aninclined or a verticalposition when the door is closed. according to the space between thebottom of the door and the iioor, carpet, or threshold, and properlyclose said space.

In place of locating the screw G in the doorjanib it may be placed inthe end of the lever D, as shown in Fig. 6, so ias to govern the throwof said lever for the purpose described. Although I prefer to employ twostrips B, as shown, yet a single strip B may be employed, and the bottomedge of such strip or,

strips may be shod, if desired, with rubber tubing or other elasticmaterial, in order the more eloselyto fit the floor, carpet, orthreshold.

As will be readily understood, the improvement is equally applicable tosliding doors.

From. the foregoing it will be seen that by the use 01' my improvement athreshold can be dispensed with, and yet the space between the bottom ofthe door and the iloor or carpet can he closed and the door he swungwithout danger of coming in contact with the floor or carpet during itsmovements.

I am aware that verticallysliding weatherstrips operated by levers andsprings have been applied to doors, and I do not claim suchconstructions.

\Vhat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1 1. Thecombination, with a door, of a strip or strips, I3, pivoted so as toswing as do scribed, alever connected with said strip or strips formoving the same as the door closed, and a spring for returning saidstrip or strips to and holding them in a substantially horizontalposition, substantiallyas set forth.

2. The combination, with a door, ol. the strips 13, pivoted to swing asdescribed, the moldings C O, the lever 1), and spring G, substantiallyas and for the purposes specified.

3. The combinatiomwith a door, of the strip or strips 1;, pivoted so asto swing as de scribed, a lever connected with said strip or strips i'ormoving the same the dooris closed, an adjustable stop or bearing forregulating the throw of said lever, and a spring for returning the stripor strips to and holding them in a horizontal. position, substantiallyas set forth.

Enson SALISBURY .l'oNics, ino. \V. CA or.

